360 



114. L. jyhragmitella^ ^t&int. 



( Limnopxia 2^hragmitella, Staint., Cat. Suppl. 4; Meyr., Trans. 

 N. Zeal. Inst. 1888, 173.) 



(J^. 15-21 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous. Palpi 

 wliitish-ochreous, terminal joint with a dark fuscous line. Fore- 

 wings whitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged, with some fuscous scales; 

 discal stigmata dark fuscous, partly whitish-edged and connected 

 by a whitish streak; dark fuscous marginal dots towards apex. 

 Hindwings light grey, ochreous-tinged. 



Sydney, New South Wales; in January, one specimen. Occurs 



also in New Zealand, Europe, North Africa, and "very probably 



generally throughout the Old World, its habits being so retired 



as to escape notice, and the foodplant (juite cosmopolitan. Larva 



yellow-whitish, with five brownish longitudinal lines; feeding in 



seedheads of Typha angustifoiia, burrowing amongst the seeds 



and causing the down to hang out in loose masses; Sciei-opepla 



tiiphicola acts in quite the same manner. The wide distribution 



of this insect is probably quite natural, tx-ansmission being effected 



in the egg state by the light down of the foodplant, borne l>y the 



wind. 



115. L. si/ntaracta, n.sp. 



9. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax light brown mixed with 

 whitish-ochi'eous and dark fuscous, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint somewhat roughened beneath, subbasal and 

 subapical bands of second joint, and basal, median, and subapical 

 bands of terminal joint blackish. Antennse ochreous-whitish, 

 ringed with blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 ringed with whitish. Fore wings brown, irregularly irrorated 

 with ochreous-whitish and blackish ; fine oblique white streaks 

 from costa at -|- and ^, not reaching half across wing; stigmata 

 dark fuscous, plical at i, indistinct, first discal above plical, well- 

 marked, second ill-detined, a suffused dark fuscous stx'eak between 

 discal stigmata; a short oblique whitish sti'eak from tornus; an 

 irregular whitish spot on costa at f : cilia fuscous, round apex 

 mixed with darker, base spotted with whitish and dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



